On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Lili Wilkinson with no assets beyond his

with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair

People come to Italy for love and gelato

along with the urge to push them away

seemingly authentic

she turned to face who she really was

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Lili Wilkinson with no assets beyond hisOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a